National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines: Church of Atimonan

Location: Atimonan, Quezon (Region IV-A)
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: House of Worship

Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date:1939

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

CHURCH OF ATIMONAN

THE FIRST CHURCH HERE AND THE TOWN WERE BURNED BY THE DUTCH IN 1640. THE SECOND CHURCH, BUILT OF STONE IN 1643, WAS PARTIALLY DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 1648. THE THIRD CHURCH, REBUILT IN 1650, LIKEWISE WAS DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKES. THE PRESENT CHURCH AND THE CONVENT WERE CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1687 AND 1700, BUT WERE SERIOUSLY DAMAGED BY THE EARTHQUAKE OF AUGUST 20, 1937.

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LEVEL I - Sites and Structures declared as National Shrine, National Historical Landmark, National Historical Site, and National Monument (Entries with asterisks)

LEVEL II - Sites and Structures declared as Heritage Zones/Historic Centers, Heritage Houses and bearing Historical Markers

DELISTED - Declared and/or marked historic sites and structures that were removed from the national registry

LIFTED - Sites and structures 50 years old and above removed of its presumption as Important Cultural Property (R.A. 10066)

Church of Atimonan

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